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The Bonn Capitals (full name: "1. Baseballclub Bonn Capitals e.V.") are a Baseball in Germany and softball club from Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, founded on November 8, 1989. Its first men's team has been competing in the Baseball Bundesliga since 1994 and currently plays in its northern division, the Bundesliga Nord, after initially playing in the southern division until 1996. The women's softball team was promoted to the northern division of the Softball Bundesliga in 2018.[1][2][3]
The Capitals have won the northern division championship seven times and advanced to the finals of the Bundesliga play-offs six times, winning once (in 2018).[2][4][5] They were runners-up in the European Cup (baseball) in 2021, the third German team ever to do so and the first in over a decade.[6][7]
The club consists of 16 teams total[8], including:
as well as baseball teams playing in the North Rhine-Westphalia (State League)[11] and Bezirksliga (District League)[12] and a number of junior teams.
The first women's softball team was established in 1992 and played its first season the following year. In 1994, it was disbanded following an accident and would not be reestablished until 2005. In 2018, the reformed team ascended to the Softball Bundesliga. A second team is playing in the Landesliga (State League).[13] Bonn reached the play-off final for the German softball championship once so far (2021), but lost to the Wesseling Vermins, but in the same year the team won the Deutschlandpokal Softball.[14]
The Bonn Capital's ballpark is located in the Rheinaue park in the district of Hochkreuz in northern Bad Godesberg. The facilities consist of two baseball fields and one softball field for professional play as well as a smaller baseball field for students.[8][15] The fields are arranged in a clover formation.[15]
The Rheinaue Stadium hosted the European Baseball Championship in 2001[15] and 2019, co-hosting with Solingen on the latter occasion.[16] The 2009 European Junior Baseball Championship also took place here.[17]
It is set to host the 2022 European Cup (baseball) from June 7 to 11, wherein the Bonn Capitals will compete in Group B.[18][19]
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